Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The twohorned black rhinoceros of South Africa, Rhinoceros keitloa, or Sloan's rhinoceros.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A black, two-horned, African rhinoceros (
Atelodus keitloa ). It has the posterior horn about as long as the anterior one, or even longer.
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- noun A
variety of the black rhinoceros
Etymologies
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Examples
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The posterior horn in this species is only a sort of knob; whereas in the "keitloa," or two-horned black rhinoceros, both horns are developed to a nearly equal length.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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South Africa, distinguished by the Bechuanas by the names of the borele or black rhinoceros, the keitloa or two-horned rhinoceros, the muchocho or common white rhinoceros, and the kobaoba or long-horned white rhinoceros.
Forest & Frontiers 1867
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There is only one species of rhinoceros in Abyssinia; this is the two-horned black rhinoceros, known in South Africa as the keitloa.
In the Heart of Africa Samuel White Baker 1857
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In the "muchocho" and "kobaoba," the after horns can hardly be said to exist, but the anterior one in both species far exceeds in length those of the borele and keitloa.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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